Type 3 grade order Established May 3, 1995 | Status issued | |
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Awarded for Exceptional duty in defense of state sovereignty and state security; veterans of the World War II First awarded May 7, 1995 (3rd Class) |
The Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky (Ukrainian: Орден Богдана Хмельницького) is a Ukrainian military award named after Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks. The award was established by Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II on May 3, 1995.
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